Poe v. Ullman
Appellant's Claim, Significance, Justiciability Of The Claim, Defining The Right To Privacy
Appellant
Paul and Pauline Poe, et al.
Appellee
Ullman, State's Attorney
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Fowler W. Harper
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Raymond J. Cannon
Justices for the Court
William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark, Felix Frankfurter (writing for the Court), Earl Warren, Charles Evans Whittaker
Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
19 June 1961
Decision
In a 5-4 decision, the Court dismissed the case with no determination upon the constitutionality of the Connecticut anti-contraceptive statute.
Related Cases
- Tileston v. Ullman, 318 U.S. 44 (1943).
- Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965).
- Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
Further Readings
- "Lecture Summaries, Part 2, Politics 115a, Brandeis University. Fall 1997." http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/politics/lecture2.html
- Wulf, Melvin L. "On the Origins of Privacy: Constitutional Practice." The Nation, Vol. 252, no. 20, May 27, 1991, p. 700.
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